Comics renaissance man Mark Smylie—award-winning writer-artist-creator of the brilliant fantasy epic comic Artesia, founder of Archaia Studio Press, and sole creator of the award-nominated Artesia: Adventures in the Known World RPG (PDF available through Drive Thru RPG)—responds with interesting answers to an interview at Broken Frontier.

Artesia is a terrific work (we’ve recently mentioned a ten-page preview of the upcoming Artesia Besieged series, for those who want a taste), and is something that any self-respecting fan of epic fantasy (especially in the style of George R. R. Martin, as politics play a major role in these stories) and/or comics should check out. Word is that a hardcover release of the first collection is in the offing for an August release.